Finance and Administration Officer Job at Alinea International

Alinea International provides technical and management expertise that helps people improve their lives, characterized by: teamwork, results-based project design, sustainability, participatory methodologies and local input and ownership. Inspired and governed by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, our mission is to catalyze opportunity as partners in international development, providing our best people and expertise to contribute to sustainable economic, social and environmental development.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Finance and Administration Officer
Job Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Full Time

Job Summary

• Alinea is looking for a national Finance and Administration Officer based in Abuja, Nigeria to manage the Global Affairs Canada (GAC)-funded Field Support Services Project (FSSP).
• The primary objective of the FSSP is to provide access to local technical expertise and local logistical and administrative support in Nigeria. This local technical expertise and support ensures that Canada can provide effective, efficient, high-quality, and relevant development assistance to meet development needs and priorities.

Responsibilities
The FSSP Finance and Administration Officer tasks include but are not limited to the following:

• Managing and monitoring the project related expenditure in accordance with approved project budget in order to ensure that project financial data are maintained in an accurate and timely manner;
• Preparing financial reports;
• Administering the provision of logistical services, such as arranging vehicle rental, travel arrangements, event and mission planning and management;
• Ensuring and maintaining record keeping and filing system.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or Management.
• Professional certification/designation (e.g. Certified public accountant (CPA), Certified general accountant (CGA), Chartered Financial- Analyst (CFA), etc.) in accounting or finance.
• Must have at least 5 years, (60 months) of international development project delivery experience providing Finance and Administrative services. The 60 months can be counted in a maximum of 2 projects, with donors such as Global Affairs Canada, USAID, GIZ, etc.
• The selected projects as Finance and Administration within the 5 years, (60 months) must have a total value at or above 1 million CAD.

Required project experience that we will be looking for on your CV:

• Managing and monitoring the project related expenditure in accordance with approved project budget in order to ensure that project financial data are maintained in an accurate and timely manner;
• Preparing financial reports;
• Administering the provision of logistical services, such as arranging vehicle rental, travel arrangements, event and mission planning and management;
• Ensuring and maintaining record keeping and filing system.